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진주남강유등전시관

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Gyeongsangnam-do

진주남강유등전시관

진주를 대표·상징하는 유등을 주제로 한 다양한 전시와 프로그램을 운영하고 야외 옥외정원에 유등을 상시 전시하여 관람객들이 예술과 소통할 수 있는 공간으로 자리잡고 있다.

ROOTIconic stop curated by Korea Tourism Organization

Why go

Jinju Namgang Yudeung Exhibition Hall is the dedicated lantern-art exhibition space in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, built around the city's annual Namgang Yudeung (River Lantern) Festival held each October on the Nam River. During the festival, hundreds of large-scale paper-and-frame lanterns float on the river along the walls of Jinju Castle, and the exhibition hall preserves the festival's lantern-making craft year-round through curated displays, scale models, lighting demonstrations, and historical documentation of the festival's roots in the 1592 Jinju Castle siege when soldiers reportedly used floating lanterns to communicate during the battle. Hands-on workshops let visitors fold and decorate paper-frame lanterns. Best paired with a Jinju Castle wall walk for full context, ideally during the festival window itself.

Quick highlights

  • Dedicated lantern-art exhibition hall for the Namgang Yudeung Festival
  • Annual October river-lantern festival on the Nam River
  • Hundreds of large-scale paper-and-frame lanterns float along Jinju Castle
  • Roots in 1592 Imjin War Jinju Castle siege battle communication
  • Hands-on paper-frame lantern folding workshops

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